Putting together a book drive and book sale was probably one of the largest projects I’ve undertaken.

My co-leader of Book Club, Serina Tressler, was the one who originally came up with the idea. We both wanted to distinguish the Book Club as something more than just a club. We wanted to use the Club in order to contribute to the school and community.

We started planning late November or early December. We figured that having the sale near Christmas would be beneficial for people getting some last minute Christmas gifts. However, the timing was much more beneficial due to the fact that the elementary schools were already trying to get rid of books in preparation to combine. Thanks to this great timing, we were able to fill four large tables with plenty of different books and help some of the elementary schools decrease the amount of books they had to worry about.

While putting this whole project together had its ups and downs—and certainly had its stressful moments—it was a great learning experience. It showed me what areas needed to be improved and what needed to be changed in order to make this project even more successful if we end up doing it again in the spring.